The perfect way to celebrate Bond’s 50th anniversary. “Skyfall” is the missing link between the semi-realistic (yet generic) approach of recent Bond films and the over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek exuberance of the classics. We are brought back to where it all started, with an elegance and technical virtuosity that is absolutely new to the saga. It might sound like a mere nostalgia operation, but it’s instead quite the opposite: Bond has to finally fight his ghosts and come to terms with having been left behind in a world that is nothing like the one that gave him birth.
My only complaint is that the film tries to deliver too much within one story without allowing enough time to develop each narrative theme properly. The second half back in the UK is definitely the strongest, but the preface could have been shorter and more focused. Heads up to Javier Bardem acting as both the most memorable villain and best Bond Girl in recent 007 history.
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The perfect way to celebrate Bond’s 50th anniversary. “Skyfall” is the missing link between the semi-realistic (yet generic) approach of recent Bond films and the over-the-top, tongue-in-cheek exuberance of the classics. We are brought back to where it all started, with an elegance and technical virtuosity that is absolutely new to the saga. It might sound like a mere nostalgia operation, but it’s instead quite the opposite: Bond has to finally fight his ghosts and come to terms with having been left behind in a world that is nothing like the one that gave him birth.
My only complaint is that the film tries to deliver too much within one story without allowing enough time to develop each narrative theme properly. The second half back in the UK is definitely the strongest, but the preface could have been shorter and more focused. Heads up to Javier Bardem acting as both the most memorable villain and best Bond Girl in recent 007 history.